Son of a Texas cotton broker joined Navy, became IBM salesman. Founded Electronic Data Systems 1962. Sold to General Motors 22 years later for $2.5 billion. Created data processing outfit Perot Systems 1988; public 1997. Ran for President twice; railed against Nafta, budget deficits. Last year Perot Systems opened a technology center in Mexico, uses offshore labor in 20 countries. Son, Ross Jr., runs Dallas real estate firm Hillwood. Redeveloping 6-million-square-foot Air Force base into industrial complex in San Bernadino, Calif.; building 4 million square feet of office, retail, residential space around American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas.

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